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Saturday, October 24, 2009

A {Believe in Miracles} Sketch For You To Try and Verve Blog Hop

Well can ya'll believe October is more than halfway over? The holiday season will officially begin, although someone told me that they are already piping in Christmas music at Wal-Mart. I never go there, so I wouldn't know, but--REALLY? So today, this post is once again pulling double duty. It's my sample for Jen's Sketch For You To Try AND it's one of the stops along the way of the Verve Hop for the Cure Blog Hop!

Yep, Verve released 7 new sets last night! For the Hop today, the Verve Divas are all being inspired by the new Believe set. So If you’ve just happened across my blog, you’ll want to start back at the beginning over on Julee's blog, Poetic Artistry and hop your way along for the cure! This set was designed in honor of breast cancer awareness and Verve is donating $10 from the sale of every Believe set to the Susan G Komen For the Cure foundation. We believe that we can make a difference. We believe that each day should be celebrated, each moment cherished and that every little thing we can do in the fight to find a cure matters.

Thanks for hopping by! Next up on the hop is… Jen (ya'll gotta go over there and see the SFYTT anyway!). Oh, and we’ve got a special gift hidden along our hop for one lucky commenter, so if you see something you really love, give a little shout out and you just might win a $30 gift certificate to Verve!

SUSIE Q-TIP: Try making your own little paper "cause" ribbon as an embellishment for cards you may be making for certain groups. They stay right in place with a little brad or would also look great with a button in the middle.

Awesome, Susan. It's so cool to see how different the sketch looks when the focal point changes. That black layer draws your eye right to the center. Very nice! BTW, love your sweet new header for the blog!

Great card and cause, Susan, and my fav color combo of black, white, and a splash of color - TFS! I've yet to meet a woman whose family or friends haven't been affected by breast cancer. Thanks for the inspiration and blog candy opp!

The trouble with being near the end is that very little is left to say that hasn't already been stated. So at the risk of being really obvious...I think you did a great job on the card for this cause... also, thanks for the great tip (about the ribbon and the >>Christmas music<< )

I just delivered my Halloween cards for the hospital. I wish I'd had this set for the cancer center... but I'm always making hospital cards. I love the simplicity of yours.The Susie Q tip about paper ribbon is great!!! Yellow for troops...red for heart disease....etc

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It's Me Susan...

My name is Susan and I am a SAHM of 3 girls. I am married to the best guy ever and we have been together for 15 years. yay!! I love any kind of papercrafts--stamping, scrapbooking, making cards--all of it as long as I'm having fun doing it (which is most of the time)!! I'd love to hear from you! Email me at susanliles@sbcglobal.net